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Moviestorm (great product name) is a free 3D animated movie-making program. Review the program features. Check out the features. Here are some screenshots. Take the tour. Download Moviestorm for free (WinOS, MacOS). Currently, there is no product manual, but there are 5 video tutorials as well as some in-program help.

In 2008, Moviestorm released 17 content packs (detailed posts on specifics coming soon). Right now, they have a mega Compilation Pack containing all of them for a significantly reduced price.

The Moviestorm 2008 Bundle includes every single one of the seventeen content packs we released last year: that’s Law and Order, Happy Holidays, Garden Features, Halloween, Foliage, US Election, two Wardrobe packs, Song Contest, Sci-Fi, Bedroom Blog, Open Mic, R&B and Dance Music, Rock and Indie Music, Bedrooms, Lounges and the Coffee Shop. Packs include customisable costumes, animations, props, sounds and customisable stock sets.

It’s a great deal, and there’s no word on how long it will be on sale, so definitely check it out sooner rather than later.

Moviestorm recently retooled their website. Previously, it was dark grey with orange accents. Now it is white with orange and turquoise accents. Individual members can customize their “director’s page”. Here’s mine, for example; pretty stylish! The problem with being able to stay persistently logged in remains. No doubt that’s something they’re working on. And here are some screenshots from the opening flash movie. The quotations on some of the screens make for a nice touch.

Disclosure: I used to be the Community Manager (and Chief Blogger) for Moviestorm. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to need one any more. Here’s my first animated movie, Vox Populi Terra Pax, which I made with Moviestorm. Naturally, I can think of several ways to make it better.

Reallusion has released G3 Male CloneCloth for its flagship product, iClone.

This new CloneCloth Character Pack provides dual layers of Cloth mesh: the skin layer and the cloth layer. One can use any image editor to easily modify the opacity texture. One can design as many different clothing styles as they can think of. The pack has 7 CloneCloth design bases, each with an individual Template Map with guided color contour lines. Custom outfits are easily created. Additionally, each CloneCloth character also comes with 2 sets of texture outfit ready to besaved as a new character.

To get an idea of the level of customization availalbe, have a look at the following two pictures. The first one shows the base designs, while the second one shows just a few of the ways they can be customized to create completely unique clothing.

Cost: $99.95 and file size: 79.0 MB. To further sweeten the deal, when users buy the ]G3 CloneCloth For Essential Man Vol 1, they will receive a coupon worth 40% off G3 CloneCloth For Essential Woman when it is released at the end of June. The coupon will be sent out by email as once G3 CloneCloth For Essential Woman is released.

Visit this page to learn more, including being able to watch videos of the clothes in action. And view these detailed tutorials (instructions, screenshots): How to use material to model clothing, How to use the double layer clothing mesh, How to use the rolled-up sleeve accessories, and How to make the perfect animations with overcoat,

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. (imdb)

Up is the first Pixar film to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D. Up was the first animated film to ever open the Cannes Film Festival (2009). And is estimated to have earned $21,400,000 on its first day of release.

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. (imdb)

Up is the first Pixar film to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D. Up was the first animated film to ever open the Cannes Film Festival (2009). And is estimated to have earned $21,400,000 on its first day of release.

The long-awaited and much-anticipated sequel to Toy Story and Toy Story 2 from Pixar Animation Studios, Toy Story 3 is slated for release on June 18, 2010. Lee Unkrich, who edited the previous films and co-directed the second, will direct. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen willl reprise their roles as Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear respectively.